Structure of a tool-displaying device

ABSTRACT

An improved structure of a tool-displaying device having a suspension rack body and a plurality of fixing elements for tools of a mounting set is disclosed. The inner edge face of the suspension rack body is spaced apart with a parallel straight rod for the arrangement of the fixing elements so that a plurality of sleeves of the mounting set can be rotated upward for accessing, the bottom face of the body is extended to a bottom plate having the side end being formed into a protruded blocking edge, a press rod is provided between the fixing elements and the body to prevent safe packaging of the sleeve or the tools, and the two ends of the press rod are directly mounted to through holes provided on the body.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] (a) Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates generally to a tool-displayingdevice, and in particular, to a tool-displaying device which allowsconveniently accessing of tools and provides anti-thief function.

[0003] (b) Description of the Prior Art

[0004]FIGS. 8 and 8A shows a conventional tool-displaying device havinga suspension rack body 30 and an inverted T-shape insertable rail 31located at one side thereof for the arrangement of a plurality ofsleeves 32 onto a plurality of fixing elements 33 connected to the rail31. The fixing elements 33 allow all sizes of sleeve 32 to be insertedthereto. As the entire sleeve 32 is an open-typed insertable set withoutauxiliary fixing member, and therefore the insertion of sleeve 32 isincomplete and/or stealing of sleeves 32 may frequently occur. As aresult, a direct insertion auxiliary element for mounting to theinterior of the fixing element 33 is designed so that after the sleeve32 has been inserted to the fixing element, the T-shape auxiliary memberis inserted from the external to the fixing element 33 such that priorto the removal of the auxiliary member, the sleeve 32 is prevented fromdislocation by the T-shape structure. This conventional art has beendisclosed in Taiwan Utility Patent No. 86220421.

[0005] However, due to different sizes of the sleeves 32 and differenceradius of holes of the sleeves 32, a number of different lengths ofT-shaped auxiliary members are needed in order to match the sleeve 32.This will increase the cost of production in making of molds fordifferent sizes or length of the T-shaped auxiliary members. Inaddition, the shaft of the auxiliary member is elongated and thin; theshape of the member is easily deformed. Furthermore, it is ratherlaborious to cut each of the fastening head of the auxiliary member inorder to access or to remove the inserted tools. In view of the above,it is an object of the present invention to provide an improvedstructure of a tool-displaying device, which mitigates the abovedrawbacks.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0006] Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to providean improved structure of a tool-displaying device, wherein thesuspension rack body is a straight rod for fixing elements to be mountedthereto, allowing rotatable movement of the fixing elements so as toaccess tool positioned at the fixing elements, and under the supplementof the auxiliary device, such as one side of a frame board and a pressrod, a secured tool to the fixing elements is prevented from dislocationor removal.

[0007] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide animproved structure of a tool-displaying device, wherein the interior ofthe fixing element is provided with a packing element, together with thedesign of rotating angle, tools or sleeves are automatically fasten tothe fixing element, and in addition, a press rod is mounted at one sideof the fixing element and therefore the rotational movement of thedisplayed tools is prevented.

[0008] The foregoing object and summary provide only a briefintroduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these andother objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself,all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, thefollowing detailed description of the invention and the claims should beread in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout thespecification and drawings identical reference numerals refer toidentical or similar parts.

[0009] Many other advantages and features of the present invention willbecome manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to thedetailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which apreferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of thepresent invention is shown by way of illustrative example.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0010]FIG. 1 is a perspective exploded view of the tool-displayingdevice in accordance with the present invention.

[0011]FIG. 1A is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1.

[0012]FIG. 1B is an enlarged view of another portion of FIG. 1.

[0013]FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the tool-displaying device inaccordance with the present invention.

[0014]FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the action of the fixingelement to display tool in accordance with the present invention.

[0015]FIG. 4 is a perspective exploded view of another preferredembodiment of the tool-displaying device in accordance with the presentinvention.

[0016]FIG. 4A is an exploded view of a portion of FIG. 4.

[0017]FIG. 4B is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 4.

[0018]FIG. 4C is an enlarged view of another portion of FIG. 4.

[0019]FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing the installationand utilization of the tool-displaying device of FIG. 4.

[0020]FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the present invention.

[0021]FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view showing the releasing of toolfrom the displaying device in accordance with the present invention.

[0022]FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a conventional tool-displayingdevice.

[0023]FIG. 8A is an enlarged exploded view of a portion of FIG. 8.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

[0024] The following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments only, andare not intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration ofthe invention in any way. Rather, the following description provides aconvenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of theinvention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made inthe function and arrangement of the elements described without departingfrom the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

[0025] Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the displaying device of the presentinvention has a body 10 and a parallel straight rod 11 spaced apart withthe edge facing the body 10, allowing insertion of fixing elements 12 tothe straight rod 11. The rod 11 can be an elongated circular structureand the surface thereof is provided with positioning side face, allowingmovement of the fixing elements 12 after these elements 12 have beeninserted to the straight rod 11. In accordance with the presentinvention, in order to appropriately enhance the rigidity of thestraight rod 11, a plurality of insertion slots 13 are provided at thecorresponding side face of the body 10, allowing the positioning offixing rings 21. To avoid dislocation of or inappropriately accession tothe displayed tool 14 positioned at the fixing elements after the tool14 or sleeve has been inserted, the bottom face of the body 10 isextended with a bottom plate 15 so that the side end thereof is formedinto a protruded blocking edge 16, and the edge face should be at leasthigher than the arranged center axial line of the sleeves 14, and theblocking edge 16 is so close to the external edge face of the tool 14.This is to avoid unnecessarily accession to the tool and prevent aninserted tool being stolen. After the sleeves 14 are packaged, a pressrod 17 is placed between the fixing element 12 and the body 10 so as toavoid the rotation of the fixing element 12 and therefore the entiresleeves 14 are safely packaged. The top end of the press rod 17 can bedirectly inserted into the through hole 18 provided at the top andbottom end of the body 10, and the inverted-hook end 171 is then engagedthereto and the objective of anti-thief provided by the present deviceis obtained. To access by a consumer, one end of the press rod 17 iscut, the sleeve 14 can be rotated upward to a certain angle and aninserted tool can be accessed.

[0026] Referring to FIGS. 4 to 7, the interior of the fixing element 12is hollow structure and is used for the fitting with a packing element20. When the straight rod 11 is turned to a specific angle, the packingelement 20 will correspondingly urge tighter or be released fromtightening so that the sleeve 14 can be tightened preventing the sleeve14 from dislocation.

[0027] In accordance with the present invention, the entire packingelement 20 can be formed independently or the fixing element 12 can bemade into a plastic structure having V or Y-shaped rod connected at themiddle section thereof such that after the insertion of the fixingelement 12, the V-shaped or Y-shaped end can be extended to the straightrod 11 and in contact with the straight rod 11. Due to the differencesof contact position of the fixing element 12 and the straight rod 11,positioning by way of urging and packing can be obtained, and theobjective of fixing by means of the sleeve 14 is obtained. In packaging,after the sleeves 14 have been arranged and inserted, the press rod 17is released, the entire fixing element 12 cannot be rotated to releasethe engaging operation, the entire sleeve 14 or the inserted tool arethus secured. After the entire tool has been purchased, the bottom endof the press rod 17 can be cut and the entire press rod 17 can beremoved. The sleeve 14 can be easily rotated and released at the otherdirection, allowing accession. In view of the above, when in use, theuser can access to the rotating protruded structure of the sleeve 14,and after the tool has be removed, the sleeve 14 can be inserted back tothe original position.

[0028] While the invention has been described with respect to preferredembodiments, it will be clear to those skilled in the art thatmodifications and improvements may be made to the invention withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, theinvention is not to be limited by the specific illustrative embodiment,but only by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:
 1. An improved structure of a tool-displaying device having asuspension rack body and a plurality of fixing elements for tools of amounting set, characterized in that the inner edge face of thesuspension rack body is spaced apart with a parallel straight rod forthe arrangement of the fixing elements so that a plurality of sleeves ofthe mounting set can be rotated upward for accessing, the bottom face ofthe body is extended to a bottom plate having the side end being formedinto a protruded blocking edge, a press rod is provided between thefixing elements and the body to prevent safe packaging of the sleeve orthe tools, and the two ends of the press rod are directly mounted tothrough holes provided on the body.
 2. The improved structure of atool-displaying device of claim 1, wherein the straight rod iscylindrical in shape and the rod surface is provided with appropriatepositioning side surface.
 3. The improved structure of a tool-displayingdevice of claim 1, wherein the body corresponding to the straight rod isprovided with equally distributed holes for insertion of the straightrod to be mounted therein.
 4. The improved structure of atool-displaying device of claim 1, wherein the protruded blocking edgeof the extended bottom plate side end is higher than the center shaftline of the sleeve arrangement and the blocking edge face is close tothe external end of the insertion tool.
 5. The improved structure of atool-displaying device of claim 1, wherein the two ends of the press rodfor insertion are designed into an inverted hook, facilitating mountingof tools.
 6. An improved structure of a tool-displaying device having asuspension rack body and fixing elements for tools of a mounting set,characterized in that the inner edge face of the suspension rack body isspaced apart with a parallel straight rod for the arrangement of thefixing elements so that the sleeves of the mounting set can be rotatedupward for accessing, the internal of the fixing element is hollowhaving a packing member such that the fixing element is rotated at aspecific angle, the rod face of the element triggers the packing memberto either tightening or loosening so as to tighten the inserted tool orloosening the tool, a press rod is provided between the fixing elementand the body to provide safe packaging of the sleeve or the tools, andthe two ends of the press rods are directly mounted to the through holesprovided on the body.
 7. The improved structure of a tool-displayingdevice of claim 6, wherein the packing member is an independentstructure or two halves of the structure and in combination with the Vor Y-shape rod such that the rotating of the fixing member can triggerthe straight rod face to tightly pack the tool or to loosen the tool ata specific direction.
 8. The improved structure of a tool-displayingdevice of claim 6, wherein the straight rod is a cylindrical shape andthe rod surface is provided with an appropriate positioning sidesurface.
 9. The improved structure of a tool-displaying device of claim6, wherein the body corresponding to the straight rod is provided with aplurality of equally distributed holes for the insertion of the straightrod to be mounted therein.
 10. The improved structure of atool-displaying device of claim 6, wherein the protruded blocking edgeof the extended bottom plate side end is higher than the center shaftline of the sleeves arrangement and the blocking edge face is close tothe external end of the insertion tool.